Volume 4 Issue 7: Punished
Kingdom of Mistral
Oscar's Farm
The opening starts with Oscar siting on his bed in his room, reading a book by the light of a lantern before he hears his aunt.
"Oscar, supper's almost ready!" His Aunt called, breaking his concentration.
"What're we having?" Oscar asked.
"Doesn't matter! You're eating it!" His Aunt replied.
"I never agreed to these terms!" Oscar said jokingly.
"It's part of the "living under my roof" contract! Read the fine print, then come wash up!" His Aunt explained.
Oscar closes his book and stands up. He is walking toward the door when a voice resounds, causing him to pause.
"We have to leave." Ozpin stated mentally, only for the exact opposite to happen as Oscar continued to walk towards the door.
"Oscar. Oscar!" Ozpin shouted as Oscar is about to grasp the door handle, but holds back at the last second.
"I've decided you're not real, so you might as well give up." Oscar replied, questioning his sanity a bit as he talked to the voice in his head.
"I understand how you're feeling. I went through the same panic and confusion." Ozpin explained.
Oscar turns around and looks at an open book on the floor. He bends down and shuts it, talking aloud as he puts it and the one next to it away on a shelf.
"It's not real. It's not real. It's not real." Oscar chanted as he stands up and looks at his reflection in the window.
"I can assure you, you are perfectly sane." Ozpin replied with assurance.
"I'm talking to a voice in my head." Oscar countered.
"I didn't say you were normal. I said you were sane." Ozpin replied as Oscar continues heading for the door ignoring him.
"There's quite a significant difference between—" Ozpin began until Oscar shouted.
"Shut up! You think this is funny? It's not." Oscar cried.
"We are in complete agreement on that matter, I promise you. Believe me, I wish this weren't the case. But as I've told you, our Aura, our souls are combined." Ozpin explained.
Oscar looks up at the ceiling without really focusing on anything but clearly showing his disgust.
"I'm done talking to you." Oscar replied.
"Have you ever been to Haven?" Ozpin asked.
"I told you I'm not going, and I told you I'm done listening." Oscar said, showing Ozpin has had this talk before.
"Do you think you could describe the headmaster's office?" Ozpin asked, knowing it's time.
"No. Why would I know that? I've never seen—" Oscar began, but was cut off.
"Try. Right now." Ozpin ordered.
"It's probably... It's..." Oscar began, trailing off as his eyes widen and his face slackens with the visual pans around his head in a circle as he continues to speak.
"It's autumn-colored... with a large mahogany desk. There's a small table with chairs in a corner for guests, with a tea set that... I... I gave him." Oscar answered.
The pan suddenly stops when Oscar refers to himself in the first person. He puts his hand to his head, disconcerted.
"Why did I say that? Why did I know that? Why did I say that?" Oscar asked, becoming increasingly bothered and he starts backing up, dropping his hand trying not to freak out.
"Because I helped build that school, and the tea set was a gift to the man running it now." Ozpin explained as Oscar took a seat on his bed and holds his head, groaning in annoyance and confusion.
"If you don't believe me, you can look it up. If I recall, your aunt has several books on Mistral downstairs. I'm certain you could find a picture in one of them." Ozpin added, not helping the situation as Oscar started to rationalize.
"That... that's right, I must've seen it in a picture." Oscar replied.
"Oscar..." Ozpin said.
Oscar stands upright, tightening his fists at his sides and shouts..
"Stop talking to me!" Oscar shouted.
"I have a grave responsibility to uphold. We both do." Ozpin explained.
"I never agreed to anything." Oscar replied, falling to his knees in despair.
"No, you didn't. And neither did I, at first. But you do have an opportunity." Ozpin said.
"For what?" Oscar asked, looking up.
"Greatness, hopefully. Greatness in knowing that, when the world needed help, you were the one to reach out your hand. It won't come without hardship, without sacrifice, but I know you don't want to live the rest of your life working as a farmhand in Mistral." Ozpin explained.
"So you just decided to read my thoughts?" Oscar asked, wide eyed as he put his hands on his head.
"I… well there are our thoughts now." Ozpin explained.
"Get out of my head!" Oscar demanded, putting his hands on his head again.
"Oscar! Supper time! I better see clean hands!" Oscar's Aunt called.
Oscar looks toward the door, but remains silently on the floor.
Kingdom of Atlas
Schnee Manor
Weiss's Bedroom
With Weiss, Snow, and Jacques
The scene changes to Weiss sitting on her bed in her room with her head bowed and her hands folded in her chest holding snow who was growling at Jacques who kept pacing in front of her while Willow rushed Whitley to the hospital for his arm.
"Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable." Jacques ranted before he stops, then turns and points at Snow who Growled right back.
"Do you have any idea what that thing has cost us?" Jacques demanded.
"I-" Weiss tried but was silenced when her father cut her off.
"And don't think I'm just talking about Lien here! Your Brothers arm! Our reputation! Our... our..." Jacques ranted before he sighs angrily and holds his head, unable to come up with the words to finish expressing the gravity of the incident turning away, allowing Weiss to speak after a moment.
"I want to leave." Weiss admitted.
"I beg your pardon?" the head of the company asked, turning back towards his daughter.
"I said I want to leave. I don't want to stay here anymore. I don't want to stay in Atlas anymore!" Weiss admitted.
"Young lady, I don't give a damn about what you want! This isn't about you. This is about the Schnee family name and your apparent insistence on dragging it through the mud looking after that thing!" Jacques replied.
"I have done nothing but fight to uphold the honor of my family name, a name that you married into!" Weiss shouting standing up letting go of snow which proved to be a mistake.
Jacques slaps Weiss hard on her left cheek, sending her head to the side as she gasps in reaction. She puts her hand on her cheek and turns to face her father, looking at him a little incredulously as she lowers her hand. He looks right back at her, unrepentant.
Snow, not wanting to see Weiss hit like this tried to freeze Jacques, but turns out he was prepared as he pulled out a red Fire Dust crystal, unleashing its power, stopping Snow from freezing him and allowing him to grab and start tearing its wings.
Eyes widening in horror, Weiss immediately channeled Magic into her shadow, causing it to unknowingly change in a manner similar to Bayonetta, matching Ben's SDT which instantly came out through her shadow, looking confused on why he was summoned so soon, but became instantly angered changing into his normal DT, grabbing his rival by the throat before he could do anything permanent.
"You have gone BEYOND the limit this time: Messing with a demon's child." DT Ben said whose eyes where replaced with ever burning Soul Fire.
"Get out of my house, you freak!" Jacques roared until DT Ben BURNED him in Soul Fire, causing him to scream in Pain, with permanent burns on his body physically along with the fact his soul was permanently damaged by the soul fire.
"No! You harmed MY daughter and Friend! Because of you, the entire world of Remnant shall face divine punishment!" DT Ben roared.
Throwing him through the door, DT Ben let him groan in pain as the manor security came in and pointed their weapons at him which proved to be a mistake as a wall of fire blocked the doorway preventing anyone from entering and leaving.
"Weiss, gather your things. You're coming with me to Patch, that barrier will last one week, allowing Snow to properly grow inside her cocoon because I can't risk moving out without damaging it especially since it's not finished." DT Ben ordered, glaring towards the doorway.
"I cannot leave my mother especially with how things are at the moment. I can't change Atlas if I'm running away." Weiss replied, gently picking up Snow as she cried in pain as SDT Ben quickly used his Magic on Snow, giving her Pain Immunity as Snow developed a hatred for Jacques.
"Weiss. Tell. Me. The. Truth. Has He EVER hit you before this?" DT Ben asked, dangerously calm for her liking.
Knowing there was no point in denying it since he can easily read her mind, Weiss slowly nodded, causing the demon to summon his staff and Crown, changing into his King's clothes, much to her worry because Ben only did this if he was mad or serious.
"BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS KING, I SUMMON THE ANODITE YANG YING XIAO LONG-TENNYSON AND PISCES NIGHT STARS!" DT Ben shouted, slamming the Moon Staff into the ground, bringing the two cousins into the room, much to their confusion as they where doing each other's hair.
"Ben? Weiss? What's going on?" Yang asked confused, especially when she saw Snow, but instantly leapt into action, healing the torn wing which thankfully wasn't too badly damage so she could heal it.
"Long story short, her father has hit Weiss multiple times apparently as well as hit Snow and tried to tear apart her wings in a fit of rage. He has crossed the line and we're going to announce our presents to the world even if it means being like Risa again." DT Ben explained, causing Yang to groan.
"I thought we weren't going to do Risa anymore. I really don't want to be seen as a Goddess again..." Yang mumbled before realizing something very important:
Pisces is out of the dome.
"Ben. My cousin is out of the dome which means Circe is no doubt on her way!" Yang shouted.
"I don't want to be taken!" Pisces cried, holding on to Yang's leg.
"I know what I am doing. Yang, remember the Magic created after we died the first time?" Ben asked.
Confused, Yang began to search her memories before finding it, causing her to grin like a shark as she summoned her own crown, changing her clothes which also broke her ponytail holder, freeing her hair, much to Pisces's amazement.
"Pisces, change and come with us. Little one finish your cocoon then start your grouth. You have to be done." DT Ben ordered, transforming himself into his Anodite Form which now for some reason was Black instead of Green.
Smirking, Yang changed herself, revealing her Golden Anodite form to Weiss, much to her amazement since she only heard about her friend transforming, never actually getting to see it until now.
"If you're sure about staying here Weiss then the fire will die out the moment we leave, however, you must do everything in your power to guarantee Snow's cocoon is kept safe otherwise she could die." Anodite Ben said to her.
Nodding her head, Weiss covered her eyes as the three Anodites teleported out of the room as the fire died down just in time for snow to fly to her cocoon and start working as quiet as she can now becoming very afraid of the tormentor known as Jacques Schnee.
"Where is the Alien?!" Jacques demanded.
"Ben took her, she's long gone." Weiss lied, earning another slap to the face, but unknowingly unaware of a certain hidden camera recording EVERYTHING what Jacques did to her and Snow, all thanks to Willow Schnee as the Camera Footage managed to get their entire Conversation while recording Jacques hurting both Weiss and Snow.
"The one thing you're never good at was lying. If that alien is somewhere in this house, it'll be shot on sight by the security unless you tell me where it is now." Jacques replied.
"No. I won't tell you." Weiss replied.
"Then you are no longer the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company." Jacques stated, stunning Weiss at this revelation especially with all that it means.
"Clearly, the trauma you endured at the fall of Beacon was too much for you. Which is why you've generously revoked your claim to the company and its earnings and passed it on to your brother Whitley." Jacques explained.
"Mother will never agree to this." Weiss replied.
"She doesn't have a choice, I'm in control of the company not her as such the staff will be making sure you do not leave the grounds without my explicit permission." Jacques explained, walking away until a clone of Ben appeared under Ben's orders, making him permanently afraid.
"Not so fast, Asshole. You're still gonna pay due to my Boss's Orders as of this moment. Lights out." Clone Ben added, quickly downloading the Camera Footage to his scroll and permanently disabled the hidden cameras as he began to torture Jacques off-screen as the latter screamed in pain as darkness surrounded him.
The Kingdom of Atlas
Outside Atlas Academy
With Ben, Yang, and Pisces.
Standing in the center of Atlas invisible, The king and queen of Anodyne were looking at everyone completely ignorant of the curse that will fall on the world of Remnant.
"Don't be scared, Pisces. We're just going to make major changes." Yang explained.
Taking deep breaths, The two step to the stairways, summoning every student as well as the news anchors from across the world with cameras outside in front of them.
Looking around, everyone became surprised when they saw Ben and Yang appeared before them, removing the invisibility from the two.
Smirking, Ben began to change into his SDT form with his own sword at the ready, raising his Wings into the air, looking down at the mere mortals.
Doing the same thing with Angel Trigger, the two rose into the air, looking down at everyone with Pisces still invisible, looking up in awe and confusion on what's going on.
"You mortals have angered me for the last time." SDT Ben spoke, causing the shadows to lengthen with each word.
"A baby alien has been hurt due to fear and hatred of those not from this world." Angel Trigger Yang explained, brightening the kingdom.
"So now a curse shall be placed upon the world until all racism and discrimination has been erased." The two finished simultaneously at once with the cameras focusing on both their faces at once.
Summoning the Box given to them by Palutena, the two opened it up, releasing a blood red ball with curse magic courtesy of the Light Goddess of Skyworld and touched every single person on the planet, writing the word "Racist" across their for heads for those who are especially it as it also affected Adam and Jacques and technically the White Fang because they are being racist towards Humans and also Aliens in return.
'So that's what that does...' the two thought, knowing that half the population is Racist while the other Half is Non-Racist as it was now more easier to tell.
Letting it sink in, the two waited for the panic to start before they send everyone back so they can release the news since communications are still down just in time for Circe to appear.
"Hello, Thorin, I see you've brought me my descendent." Circe greeted, ignoring how Pisces flew close to her cousin, holding her leg tightly.
"I'm only going to say this one time and one time only, Circe. Either repent for your actions and come home to make up for your crimes." Ben warned darkly.
"Clearly, I've not repented for my so-called crime. All that matters to the Multiverse is and shall always be power." Circe replied without regret, showing that she is like a combination of Nightmare and Cinder.
"Then we have no choice." Yang said.
Slipping out of her cousin's grasp, the two lovers pointed their hands at Pisces with their crowns glowing black and yellow respectively, much to Circe's shock before she tried to stop the process only to be blasted backwards.
Looking up, Circe let out a scream of rage at the sight of the object upon her descendant's head.
The object in question was a tiara consisting of two golden shaped pieces to each side and a center blue diamond shaped piece. Each piece has a Sapphire adornment inside.
"NO! SHE IS MY GRANDCHILD! SHE IS MINE!" Circe screamed.
"Only when you truly repent will she be yours. Until then, she is the crown princess of the kingdom." Ben explained, confusing Pisces and the Atlas Soldiers that rushed out.
"This is Blasphemy! I deserve that Power! That rule!" Circe screamed before disappearing.
Smirking, Ben used his shadows to take everyone to the living room on Patch where Aquarius was pacing back-and-forth in worry since she just watched her daughter and her niece disappear before they returned right in front of her.
"What did you do?! Why does she have a Crown on her head?!" Aquarius demanded, shaking Ben like a maniac.
"Uggggh... Now I know how Natsu feels on transportation!" Ben groaned as Aquarius continued to shake him.
"We made her the Crowned Princess of our Kingdom." Yang explained, shocking Aquarius as she stopped shaking Ben.
"What?" Aquarius asked.
"What do you mean "I'm a princess"? I thought only your kids could be a prince and princess." Pisces asked.
"Pisces, me and Ben can't have kids together. Nothing short of a miracle will allow that to ever happen, however, unless we do somehow have a kid, you will be the next queen of our people." Yang explained slowly to help Pisces to understand.
"I don't want to be Queen! I want to be a Huntress!" Pisces cried.
"You can be both. I mean, right now, I'm a Queen, but I'm also training to be a Huntress." Yang explained.
"And, did none of you think to even consult me about this? Won't Circe just try to take her even more?" Aquarius asked, raising several good points.
"Yes, she may. However, because of this, Pisces will have much greater protection than anything else we can offer because she'll have direct access to our castle, allowing her to come and go as she pleases unless we remove that access." Ben explained.
"*Sigh* Tell me everything I need to know." Aquarius stated.
"I'll leave that to you, Ben. Come with me, Cuz. Since you don't need sleep and neither do I, you might as well get started on your lesson about everything you need to know about being a princess." Yang replied as the scenery changed while Ben mentally ordered his clone to stop his torture and retreat as it was enough damage to Jacques.
The Continent of Anima
Abandoned Village of Oniyuri.
With Qrow and Team RNJR
The camera shifts to Tyrian pulling his tail back as Qrow turns around, swinging his weapon and holding at the ready by his side.
BGM start- Bad Luck Charm - Qrow Branwen's Theme
"As I live and breathe, Qrow Branwen. A true Huntsman has entered the fray!" Tyrian said, bowing dramatically as Ruby gets up and sets Crescent Rose on its end while Qrow glances back at her.
"I don't know. This guy is weird." Ruby explained.
"Look, pal, I'm not sure who you are, but you need to leave my niece alone." Qrow warned, looking back towards the crazy scorpion.
"Why, friend, my name is Tyrian. And I'm afraid that is not possible. My assignment from Her Grace was to retrieve this young girl. So, that is what I must do. One does not upset the Queen." Tyrian said, placing his hand on his heart once again.
"Queen?" Jaune asked.
"Salem." Qrow replied, understanding.
"Who?" Jaune asked.
"Hmm, I think we've had enough talk now, don't you?" Tyrian asked, assuming a crouching position with his tail up.
"You took the words right out of—" Qrow began until the fight began.
Tyrian rushes Qrow before he can finish voicing the thought and the two fight Creating several swings which the just the old Crow blocks effortlessly before creating a shockwave that sends the scorpion flying backwards having to use his claws to slow his travel time in which Qrow tries to take a vantage of only for his harbinger to be blocked and Tyrian to dodge. As Tyrian blocks a strike a roof gets damaged by the shock-wave and Tyrian uses The Queen's Servants built in guns to get free. As Qrow blocks the shots with Harbinger, Ren and Nora join in, but Tyrian easily knocks them away by basically breakdancing. He moves to chase them, but Qrow intervenes to hold him back.
"Don't come closer!" Qrow ordered, looking towards them before pushing back Tyrian with Harbinger.
"Fine!" Ruby shouted in reply.
Ruby takes Crescent Rose to the top of a building and waits for an opening to shoot Tyrian. However, both he and Qrow move too fast for her to get a clear shot much to her annoyance as they were faster than even her.
Down below, the two fighters were still going at it before the scorpion managers to use his tail to disarm Qrow by forcing him to dodge with his head where he uses his tail to grab the Harbinger and throw it into a nearby building where he giggles. This slows things down enough for Ruby to repeatedly shoot at him from the roof, but an amused Tyrian just deflects each with his tail.
Looking at his fist, Qrow pops his knuckles before shrugging and switches to punching Tyrian in the face much to his shock as he didn't put up his aura. Looking up Tryain did not even have a second to respond as he was being punched like crazy and With a final kick, Qrow manages to send Tyrian flying and casually moves to retrieve Harbinger from where it embedded in a wall. Tyrian waits crouched until Qrow has his back turned before striking, but Qrow merely leaps on top of his own weapon and partially changes it to scythe mode. Using the gun barrels he propels himself to a roof top, where he grabs a board piece allowing him to use his hand to stand upside down before Tyrian follows as their battle continues Cutting the board into allowing him to use the queen servant to latch onto the Harbinger. They appear evenly matched until Qrow notices a damaged beam. He tricks Tyrian into landing on it and the Faunus descends into the building and uses his tail to drag Qrow down, too.
This is enough to make Ruby decide to no longer stay back. Just as she reaches the building, Qrow comes out through a wall, his body bouncing. He tosses Harbinger which lands with its blade in the ground, and Qrow perches atop it. Red flickers of damaged Aura move over his body twice.
Tyrian comes out of the floating dust and grime inside the building, purple flickers moving across his body. As the two begin to strike again, Ruby jumps in between and deflects Tyrian's blades with Crescent Rose.
"Ruby!" Jaune cried before Ren put his arm across his chest.
"Do you wish to be taken?!" Tyrian asked, looking at Ruby.
"No! But I won't stand by and watch someone get hurt!" Ruby shouted in reply.
Both Qrow and Ruby move in to attack Tyrian and the three clash. His eyes purple again, Tyrian almost gets her with his stinger, but Qrow blocks it.
"Ruby! What did I say?! Get back!" Qrow shouted.
"This is my fight, too!" Ruby replied.
Ruby attacks Tyrian while he's still locked blade-to-blade with Qrow, but his legs arch away from the swing of Crescent Rose.
"No, it's not that. It's—" Qrow began until he was cut off.
Ruby attacks again, and Tyrian moves to her. He flips and sends her back with a two-footed kick. She slides closer to the building and gains her ground, but the wooden beams near the roof have been shaken up too much and a heavy one breaks and descends upon her. Qrow slices it in half so it falls in pieces to either side of Ruby without touching her.
She smiles at him in gratitude and affection, and he raises his head from his stance to look at her, only to gasp in pain as he is immediately cut in the abdomen by Tyrian's stinger.
Tyrian chuckles while everyone but Ruby takes a beat from the unexpectedness of it. She, however, immediately cuts off the stinger from the rest of Tyrian's tail. It bounces, spurting purple liquid, to the ground. Tyrian reels back and cries out from the pain. Standing, he whirls to face Ruby, infuriated.
"You bitch!" Tyrian shouted, taking a step or two forward but is off balance just in time as Nora, Ren and Jaune all move to block his path to Ruby and Qrow.
"She'll forgive you." Tyrian said to himself before he runs away just as another Time portal opened up right where he was standing.
On guard, everyone watched as a tall adult man with silver helmet with a purple visor that blocked all view of his face, leaving only two glowing green eyes visible. He has a black bodysuit, but had blue boots, gauntlets that had claws Sharpened to a needle point, and a chestplate and a long cloak That tracks across the ground.
Looking towards Nora eyes widening, the man moved faster than anyone could see, grabbing her by the neck and stabbed her stomach, creating green circuitry lines across her body only to be smacked aside by Handy Man, sending him into a broken building.
Getting up, the man looked Ruby Dead in the eyes smirking under his mask not that they could see it as he crossed his arms.
"So there are two- No Three- No, FOUR Nanite Human EVO Users in this world. I can't wait to take them all in at them to my collection as well as kill Salazar if he is in this universe." The man said darkly.
"Who are you? And, why do you want to take them?!" Ruby demanded.
"You can call me Millennium. As for why I want to take them, well, there can only be one." the Now named Millennium replied, disappearing in a flash of green light.
Qrow, who had still been upright with his weapon at the ready, collapses to one knee and clutches at the wound, panting heavily.
"Uncle Qrow! Are you okay?" Ruby asked, rushing to his side quickly.
"I'll be fine. He just grazed me." Qrow replied, pulling his shaking hand away to show the blood on it as the other three members of Team RNJR arrive at his side.
"Who was that guy?" Nora asked.
"How did you get here?" Ren asked.
"Why are people after Ruby?" Jaune asked.
"Uncle Qrow. It's time we tell them." Ruby said, knowing what's coming.
"What's your favorite fairy tale?" Qrow asked as the screen goes dark.
Omake: A Working Dream
Underground Cave
With Kirby.
Getting up early, Kirby snuck down to the cave to watch some more TV when he found someone left a program open called DreamWorks, much to his confusion as he found a lot of animated movies.
Finding one with a panda, Kirby instantly became excited as he loves all forms of Bears as the title reads: "Kung Fu Panda" (2008).
1 hour 35 minutes later
After watching the movie, Kirby felt like he learned a new lesson about believing in yourself because there is no secret ingredient.
Looking around some more, Kirby found something with a teenager viking riding on top of a black flying reptile, much to his curiosity as the title reads: "How to Train Your Dragon" (2010).
1 hour and 38 minutes later.
Cheering, Kirby started to feel real happy as he learned a lesson about friendship and kindness for all things especially your enemies before finding one last movie with a not so jolly green giant as the title reads: "Shrek" (2001).
1 hour and 35 minutes later.
Finishing his last movie, Kirby felt that he learned a lot today especially about beauty only being not necessarily about being skin deep, but about the bonds you make as he rushed up stairs.
BGM - BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle OST - CROSSING FATE (RWBY ver.)
Ruby Rose: Hey everyone, Ruby here, I'd just like to say that things have gotten really, really bad... My uncle Qrow was poisoned by one of Salem's associates who was in the Smash Bros. tournament, I just hope if there's a spell in my spell book could heal him quick...
Next time on RWBY: Heroes United...
A Much Needed Talk
Qrow: That's unfortunate.
Toy2711: And done! Alright, Chapter 7 of Volume 4 has been established! How do you all like the fact that Ben unleashed Palutena's Box on the Racist Half of the Population of Remnant after Jacques hurt Weiss and Snow? Leave your comments in the reviews below. Now tune in next time for Issue 8 where Qrow will explain to Jaune, Nora, and Ren about the Truth of Remnant except Ruby while it will show a flashback of how Thorin met Minerva. See you next chapter!
P.S. Have a Merry Christmas 2019 and A Happy New Year!